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Published on: May 12, 2019
Lack of habituation of evoked visual potentials in analytic information processing style: evidence in healthy
Marzia Buonfiglio1, M Toscano, F Puledda
1Department of Clinical Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy, marziabuonfiglio@libero.it.
Abstract:
Habituation is considered one of the most basic mechanisms of learning. Habituation deficit to several sensory stimulations has been defined as a trait of migraine brain and also observed in other disorders. On the other hand, analytic information processing style is characterized by the habit of continually evaluating stimuli and it has been associated with migraine. We investigated a possible correlation between lack of habituation of evoked visual potentials and analytic cognitive style in healthy subjects. According to Sternberg-Wagner self-assessment inventory, 15 healthy volunteers (HV) with high analytic score and 15 HV with high global score were recruited. Both groups underwent visual evoked potentials recordings after psychological evaluation. We observed significant lack of habituation in analytical individuals compared to global group. In conclusion, a reduced habituation of visual evoked potentials has been observed in analytic subjects. Our results suggest that further research should be undertaken regarding the relationship between analytic cognitive style and lack of habituation in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions.
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